Sunday, December 4, 2011

A picture is worth a thousand words

In last week's Bible study on Romans 3 by Martin Lloyd Jones we learned the world doesn't like to deal with the blood of our Christ. What better way to keep the attention off of His bloody sacrifice to us than to keep before our eyes the sweet, little Lamb of God. All good Christians keep a nativity scene in their yard this time of year. I really believe the church does more harm than good because the only Jesus we're pushing isn't who He is now, but who He was & I don't know how He feels about that.
There is this thing called the Regulatory Principle of the Puritans that talk about worshiping Him in spirit & in TRUTH.....


He is " in the middle of the lamp stands I saw one like [j]a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14 His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. 16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun [k]shining in its strength.

Revelation 5:6 And I saw [g]between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain"

This is who we give the world....


SIR JOHN SANTA CHRISTMAS TREE SMOCKED JON  JON 18 mo

Isn't this so cute & sweet?
They go together like white on rice.
'Thanks' to the Catholics for bringing the Christ's Mass holiday to the world.


I wonder if it is idolatrous to think of Him the way we Christians present Him this time of year?
Certainly the world isn't thinking of Him as He will be coming next,
"The Coming of Christ
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. 13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will [d]rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the [e]wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” 17 Then I saw [f]an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in mid-heaven, “Come, assemble for the great supper of God.."

That is the way I like to think of My Beloved, the one my soul loves & longs to see come. I've said a lot in times past about this holiday, so I'll just be brief this year.

Oh, & happy b-day to me. I'm 23 in the *new birth* this Dec. 25th. Not celebrating, just remembering His kindness to adopt a lost sinner & give her a new heart that cried, "Abba!"